Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL) is being implemented in 8,562 Gram Panchayats of 80 districts in 7 States, namely, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh with an aim to improve community led sustainable ground water management, mainly through convergence among various ongoing Central and State schemes. It also aims at bringing about behavioural change at the community level through awareness programs and capacity building for fostering sustainable ground water management.
Atal Bhujal Yojana is being implemented since 01.04.2020. Status of funds allocated and spent under this scheme is given below:
(Rs. in crore)
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State
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Funds allocated and released in FY 2020-21
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Funds allocated and released in FY 2021-22
|
|
Gujarat
|
10.26
|
36.20
|
|
Haryana
|
20.80
|
32.15
|
|
Karnataka
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21.52
|
73.62
|
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Madhya Pradesh
|
6.33
|
46.57
|
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Maharashtra
|
20.35
|
43.18
|
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Rajasthan
|
22.05
|
46.35
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
7.69
|
32.33
|
|
Total
|
109.00
|
310.40
|
The scheme envisages active participation of the communities and panchayats in the participating States in various activities such as formation/strengthening of Water User Associations, monitoring and disseminating ground water data, water budgeting and preparation of Gram Panchayat-wise Water Security Plans (WSPs) and their implementation. The participation of women in water budgeting and water security planning exercises has been kept at least 33% in the Gram Panchayat-level Water User Associations. The existing Village Water & Sanitation Committee in each Gram Panchayat has been enlarged and engaged for this purpose.
One of the main objectives of the Atal Bhujal Yojana is to bring about behavioural change at ground level. For that, water related data such as water availability and usage have been used while preparing Water Budget and Water Security Plans. These Plans are being prepared with community participation and the data used in the plan is being disseminated to the entire community. Further, in order to improve water related data, various equipments such as Digital Water level Recorder (DWLRs), Water level sounders, Rain gauges, Water flow meters are being installed in all Atal Jal States. In addition, Government of India is also installing various Real Time Data Acquisition Systems (RTDAS) for both Surface as well as ground water across the Country under National Hydrology project.
This information was given by the Minister of State, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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